GIOVE-B arrives in the Hazardous Processing Facility

Images of GIOVE-B arriving in the Hazardous Processing Facility at Baikonur, ready to be loaded with its hydrazine fuel. The spacecraft was moved from the payload Processing Facility, where it had completed post-delivery checkout.

(Above) GIOVE-B being prepared for removal from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.

Credits: ESA - P. Müller

GIOVE-B being prepared for removal from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.

Credits: ESA - P. Müller

GIOVE-B being lifted from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.

Credits: ESA - P. Müller

GIOVE-B being lifted from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.

Credits: ESA - P. Müller

GIOVE-B being lifted from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.

Credits: ESA - P. Müller

GIOVE-B being lifted from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.

Credits: ESA - P. Müller

GIOVE-B being carried by crane through the Hazardous Processing Facility to its handling trolley.